K2

2nd-highest mountain on Earth
Mountain mountain Q43512
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K2

Summary

K2 is a mountain[1]. K2 ranks in the top 0.038% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,683 views/month, #5 of 13,313).[2]

Key Facts

  • K2 is located in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County[3].
  • K2 is in the country of Pakistan[4].
  • K2's image is recorded as K2 2006b.jpg[5].
  • K2's image is recorded as Chogori.jpg[6].
  • K2's image is recorded as K - 2 at Day Time.jpg[7].
  • K2's instance of is recorded as mountain[8].
  • Karakoram is named after K2[9].
  • 2 is named after K2[10].
  • Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen is named after K2[11].
  • K2's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237689875[12].
  • K2's GND ID is recorded as 4029096-7[13].
  • K2's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85071201[14].
  • K2's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11953166t[15].
  • K2's IdRef ID is recorded as 027506959[16].
  • K2's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00627932[17].
  • K2's part of is recorded as Seven Second Summits[18].
  • K2's part of is recorded as ultra-prominent peak[19].
  • K2's Commons category is recorded as K2[20].
  • K2's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.881111111111, 'lon': 76.513333333333}[21].
  • K2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f6t[22].
  • K2's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge128497[23].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as first ascent[24].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 1902 Karakoram expedition[25].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 1986 K2 disaster[26].
  • K2's significant event is recorded as 1995 K2 disaster[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for K2 include K3 surface[28], a mathematical concept[29].

Why It Matters

K2 ranks in the top 0.038% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,683 views/month, #5 of 13,313).[2] K2 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] K2 is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for K2 include K3 surface[28], a mathematical concept[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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